Human toe stolen from Dawson City barA human toe has fallen prey to some sticky fingers in Dawson City, Yukon.
And not just any toe — the gnarled digit is the essential ingredient in the famous "Sourtoe Cocktail" at the Downtown Hotel.
"We are furious," said the hotel's "Toe Captain," Terry Lee, in a news release. "Toes are very hard to come by."
The traditional Sourtoe Cocktail — a Klondike-inspired invention — involves a shot of whisky with the digit bobbing in the glass. The toe must touch the brave drinker's lips.
The hotel's posted fine for swallowing or stealing the toe is $2,500. It had been $500 until August 2013, when a patron gulped back the entire cocktail — toe and all — and slapped $500 on the table.
According to a news release on Monday, the hotel intends to fine and charge the thief "unless the Toe is returned safe."
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http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/north/toe-stolen-yukon-dawson-city-sourtoe-cocktail-1.4168541This one is going to be hard to beat.